How 'Last Christmas' Turned George Michael's Music Into a Movie

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s producer David Livingstone first came up with the idea for the Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding-starring movie inspired by the Wham! song of the same name when he was interested in making a holiday film in the tradition of"I thought, 'People seem to be so into brands and IP; to try to come up with something original was going to be tough,'" Livingstone toldNew York premiere last month. "I thought the biggest thing I can think of is [the song] 'Last Christmas.

But a year and a half after Michael died, his manager called Livingstone and said he wanted to resurrect the project, around the same time Livingstone and Thompson happened to see each other at an awards ceremony. And Livingstone's particularly proud of having the new track, which he points out wasn't something that's been "in the offcuts bin. It wasn't lying about for ages."

"I was a casual fan; I knew the hits; I didn't know the deep tracks," Feig said. "When I discovered songs like 'Heal the Pain,' which I hadn't heard before, suddenly I was like, 'This is the movie.' And I kept having that experience with these songs and then the movie almost started to want these songs, as weird as it sounds. We'd be in the editing room and [think] 'We need a song here.

 

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